Posted by nappy on 10/24/07 05:21

"Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Matt wrote:
>> "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
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>>>> "PTravel" wrote ...
>>>>> I've got a VX2000 with a fried 1394 port. Sony has a flat rate repair
>>>>> of around $500, which seems a little steep for what I believe is a
>>>>> separate module. Does anyone know any LA-area repair shops that could
>>>>> handle this repair?
>>>> Are service manuals and board-level repair parts still available?
>>>> It has been a few years since I got a service manual (actually two
>>>> large paperback 8.5x11 books) for my DSR-300.
>>>>
>>>> But I heard that Sony is now offering service info only on CD and
>>>> by subscription only. A scheme that would make sense for a
>>>> regular service organization, but is prohibitive for one-off owners.
>>>>
>>>> I'm certain my favorite service shop here in PDX could handle
>>>> it, but they charge $300 just for putting it on the bench, and then
>>>> with labor (likely <30 minutes) and the repair parts, it might end
>>>> up costing about the same as Sony's flat rate.
>>>>
>>>> If it were me, I would do it myself, but that would assume that I
>>>> could get the sevice manual and the repair part(s) from Sony.
>>>> Not that I am recommending that course to you.
>>> Hmmmm. I'd try it, but I'd want access to the service manual. Maybe
>>> I'll just take the ding and sell it on eBay as is.
>>>
>>>
>> Just thought I'd point out that for the $500 Sony charges they go over
>> the entire camera and repair most minor problems as well as clean the
>> camera...
>
> That's a very good point.
>
> Also, I'll bet it is not a "separate module" as the OP speculated, but a
> chip that is sonic-soldered on the motherboard.
>
>

unlikely that Sony's replacement would require removing any SMDs or chips.
Most likely their solution is to replace whichever PCB contains the firewire
interface / CPU or whatever .

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